The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
A Chinese lifeline for American workers
As wage inflation in China pushes up the cost of offshoring, “Made in America” starts to look a lot better
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/a_chinese_lifeline_for_american_workers/singleton/
As happened in Japan, Korea and pretty much everywhere else, labor rates in …
The Bioterrorist Next Door
Man-made killer bird flu is here. Can — should — governments try to stop it?
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/12/14/the_bioterrorist_next_door
It is a long article by most people’s standards (7 pages, my goodness!) but I encourage anyone interested in bio-terrorism/bio-warfare …
There Is Only One Issue In America
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-van-zandt/democracy-in-america_b_1139463.html
A couple of great quotes in this article:
…The simple fact is we do not live in a democracy. Certainly not the kind our Founding Fathers intended. We live in a corporate
Obama to sign indefinite detention bill into law
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/15/obama_to_sign_indefinite_detention_bill_into_law/singleton/
Its official! There are no more civil liberties in the US if the President decrees otherwise. Doesn’t matter if you are a US citizen and it doesn’t even matter if you …
Rocket system could lower cost of access to space, Allen says
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-57342610-239/rocket-system-could-lower-cost-of-access-to-space-allen-says/
I have remained unconvinced that using aircraft to bring rockets to merely 30-50K feet would make the slightest difference in the cost of launching. However, this statement did …
I found this interesting read here:
Science Settled: New Report- Hurricanes, Global Warming Not Linked
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2011/12/15/science_settled_new_report_hurricanes_global_warming_not_linked
and was more than a tiny bit skeptical with the whole “Science Settled” bit (largely because little is permanently settled in science and this …
Finally, A Rich American Destroys The Fiction That Rich People Create The Jobs
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-12-12/news/30500948_1_entrepreneurs-and-investors-capital-gains-and-income-jobs
I find these statements dead on. Rich people do not consume more than other people and tend to make very conservative investments that rarely lead to …
A good start to reviving the middle class
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/12/opinion/frum-obama-speech/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
I really liked this part of the article:
…Realistically, the president’s Kansas speech translates into a formula of higher taxes on the rich to pay for more spending on favored Democratic
NTSB recommends full ban on use of cell phones while driving
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/13/us/ntsb-cell-phone-ban/index.html
I am morally opposed to creating laws impossible to enforce uniformly. If we presume it is totally OK for passengers to use the phones (I find it hard …
but it is really interesting…
Camera captures light particles moving through space
http://futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/13/9421061-camera-captures-light-particles-moving-through-space
To me the most interesting thing is that they have created a camera capable of capturing a trillion frames per second.…